The semantics of hierarchical constraint logic programming:

Abstract: "Hierarchical Constraint Logic Programming (HCLP) is an extension of Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) that allows a programmer to specify defaults and preferences, as well as required constraints. HCLP defines a family of languages that are parameterized both by the domain over whic...

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Main Author: Wilson, Molly (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle, Wash. 1991
Series:University of Washington <Seattle, Wash.> / Department of Computer Science: Technical report 91,2,4
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Summary:Abstract: "Hierarchical Constraint Logic Programming (HCLP) is an extension of Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) that allows a programmer to specify defaults and preferences, as well as required constraints. HCLP defines a family of languages that are parameterized both by the domain over which the constraints are defined, and by the method, or comparator, that is used to define solutions to the non-required constraints. In previous work, we gave a formal operational semantics for the class of HCLP languages and specified a logical semantics for those HCLP programs whose non-required constraints were omitted
In this paper, these results are extended to a description of the formal semantics of complete HCLP programs (i.e. those with required and non-required constraints). First, the operational semantics are reviewed. Then a proof-theory and a fixed-point characterization are given and shown to be equivalent to the operational one.
Physical Description:14 S.

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